Neuroscience

Neuroscience

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    Modulating task-outcome value to mitigate real-world procrastination via noninvasive brain stimulation

    Zhiyi Chen, Zhilin Ren ... Tingyong Feng
    The perceived value of task outcomes, rather than task aversiveness, predicts reduced everyday procrastination following transcranial direct current stimulation, and offers a potential target for behavioral intervention.
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    Larger language models better align with neural representations of natural language

    Zhuoqiao Hong, Haocheng Wang ... Ariel Y Goldstein
    Embeddings from larger language models and relatively earlier layers better predict neural activity during natural language.
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    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Mosaic evolution of avian brain compartments revealed by comparative MRI

    Yuki Kawabe, Tomokazu Tsurugizawa ... Takuma Kumamoto
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    1. Neuroscience

    Rank- and threat-dependent social modulation of innate defensive behaviors

    Ling-yun Li, Xinjian Gao ... Ya-tang Li
    Social context modulates innate defensive behaviors in a rank- and threat-dependent manner, while threat experience reinforces social roles, revealing a bidirectional interplay between defensive and social behavior.
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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Neuroscience

    Persistent Microglial HIV Infection Drives Neuroinflammation Despite Viral Suppression: Insights from Rapid Postmortem Brain Biopsies

    M Nühn Marieke, Nadia Sabet ... Jori Symons
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    1. Neuroscience
    2. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

    Galectin and Myc enable cochlear progenitor expansion in vitro and in vivo

    Marie Kubota, Julia M Abitbol ... Stefan Heller
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    • Solid
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    Morphology and ultrastructure of pharyngeal sense organs of Drosophila larvae

    Vincent Richter, Tilman Triphan ... Andreas S Thum
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    • Fundamental
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    1. Neuroscience

    Auditory cortical feedback signals are modulated during songbird courtship

    Caleb Jones, Jesse H Goldberg
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    1. Neuroscience

    Dissociable Roles of Reward Prediction Error in the Contrasting Mood Dynamics of Depression and Anxiety

    Zhihao Wang, Ting Wang ... Pengfei Xu
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
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    1. Neuroscience

    PKD2L1 channels segregated to the apical compartment are the dual-mode pH sensor in cerebrospinal fluid-contacting neurons

    Magdalena Vitar, Daniel Prieto ... Federico F Trigo
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Fundamental
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    How monkeys carve up the visual world

    Binxu Wang
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    Understanding the cellular architecture of Huntington’s disease

    Dorian Pustina
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    Stronger memories through smarter stimulation

    Justin Riddle

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    University of Barcelona, Spain
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